Berrien Springs vs Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert

A side-by-side comparison of Berrien Springs and Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert: population, income, housing, and more.

Berrien Springs and Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berrien Springs has the higher population (2,043 vs 1,468 in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert). Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert has the higher median household income ($80,642 vs $64,545 in Berrien Springs). Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $148,800 in Berrien Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Berrien Springs	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Population	2,043	1,468
Median age	35.5 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,545	$80,642
Median home value	$148,800	$296,000
Median gross rent	$935	$861
Housing units	902	1,707
Homeownership rate	57.6%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berrien Springs	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Population	1,608 → 2,043 (+27.1%)	1,455 → 1,468 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$41,307 → $64,545 (+56.3%)	$71,908 → $80,642 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $148,800 (+28.7%)	$255,100 → $296,000 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $935 (+23.8%)	$1,038 → $861 (-17.1%)

Berrien Springs

Population

1,6082,043

Median household income

$41,307$64,545

Median home value

$115,600$148,800

Median gross rent

$755$935

Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert

Population

1,4551,468

Median household income

$71,908$80,642

Median home value

$255,100$296,000

Median gross rent

$1,038$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berrien Springs	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	8.2%
18 to 24	14.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	17.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	23.1%
75 and over	7.8%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berrien Springs	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	90.9%
Black or African American	19.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berrien Springs	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
No high school diploma	4.4%	0.9%
High school graduate	20.9%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berrien Springs	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Drove alone	69.7%	51.7%
Carpooled	13.9%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	36.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berrien Springs	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
1-unit, detached	65.7%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berrien Springs	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Poverty rate	14.3%	5.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1951	1966